interpersonal relations

Jamie Goldberg, who chokes when speaking to strangers, and Maya Rehrman, who is having the worst Ramadan ever, are paired to knock on doors and ask for votes for the local state senate candidate.

Twelve-year-old Jonathan Grisby has been sent to the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys, a former lunatic asylum which is currently run by a sadist who enjoys punishing the boys and setting them against each other; but when a lightning strike kills all the adults the boys find themselves suddenly free--and trapped on Scar Island which seems to be sinking into the ocean.

Eighteen-year-old Remy can't wait to escape her family and begin her new life at Stanford. Of course, she needs to dump her latest boyfriend and coordinate her mom's fifth wedding first. But her careful plans don't include an offbeat young man named Dexter. Just seconds after Dexter careens in to Remy, he insists that destiny brought them together. Even though Remy disagrees, she's soon shocked to see Dexter and his band performing at her mom's wedding reception. And when Remy gets drunk and decks a bar patron, Dexter gallantly rescues the damsel from further distress. Although Remy knows this free spirit is clearly not her type, she's confused by the strange stirrings of her heart.

Harlem. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems.

Shares the true-to-life stories of teen and preteen girls who are struggling with issues involving relationships and sexuality, each with comments and advice from Dr. Robyn Silverman.

Discusses psychology and interpersonal conflict with regard to teenage girls, covering how to deal with having one's feelings hurt by friends and become a stronger, better person while learning about oneself.

Overweight outsider Jimmy Winterpock is subjected to cruel bullying from his high school classmates. Despite the constant teasing and torment, Jimmy's strength to never give up helps him focus on his goals to lose weight and win over the girl of his dreams.

Contains two dramatized vignettes that provide examples of how students should deal with conflicts with adults, the first involving a classroom argument between a student and a teacher, and the second in which a store owner believes students have stolen from him.

Kurokawa continues her makeover when she and Fujishiro head to the pool. Then the two girls struggle with problems in school, and they are forced to spend time apart that shows them how much the friendship means to them.

An unlikely friendship develops between cute and popular Fujishiro Nanaki and her plain classmate Kurokawa Kanade after Fujishiro's boyfriend cheats on her and Kurokawa consoles her. Fujishiro decides to show her thanks by giving Kurokawa a makeover. But what if she becomes cuter than Fujishiro?.